Calendar: 1868-1869 Page 285

EVENING CLASSES 285 planting Trees &c -Distribution of Fluid Matters through the Plant or Circulation Functions of Leaves Exhalation or Transpiration Its Influence in Nature-Practical Applications arising from knowledge of this Process Respiration Importance of in preserving the Composition of the Atmosphere and Water- Growth of Plants in Bedrooms-W'ardian Cases and the important purposes to which they may be applied Assi- milation Development Secretion Application of knowledge of the above functions in growing Timber Trees Fruits and Vegetables II Functions of the Reproductive Organs -Functions of the Calyx and Corolla-Fertilization-Hybridization-Ger- mination-Vitality and Dispersion of Seeds BOOK RECOMMENDED Bentley's Manual of Botany XXIV EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS Day and Hour of Attendance-Wednesday from to The Course for 1868-9 will treat of Light and Sound The Propagation of Light Methods of Measuring its Intensity Theory of Shadows Velocity of Light Aberration The Undulatory Theory II Reflection of Light from Plane and Curved Surfaces The Heliostat Caustics formed by Reflection Refraction of Light Total Reflection Atmo- spheric Refraction Prisms III Measure of Indices of Refraction Lenses Compo- sition of White Light The Solar Spectrum The Oxy-hydrogen Light The Electric Light IV Spectra of Incandescent Solids Liquids and Gases Absorption of Light Constitution of the Sun and of various Fixed Stars Heat Light and Chemical Spectra